From a robotic police force and facial recognition ID to free skills training for all public servants, Singapore is at the forefront of government innovation. Much of its success can be attributed to government prioritising the...

Scientists and conservationists are using AI, VR and image-based data to protect the endangered species. There’s no arguing with the majesty of elephants. These intelligent, complex and emotional beasts have come to symbolize wildlife conservation efforts...

French railway operator SNCF says it is planning to introduce prototypes of driverless mainline trains for passengers and freight by 2023, and include them in scheduled services in subsequent years. “With autonomous trains, all the trains...

A new chemical process can liquify plastic. The next challenge? Creating a machine that can recycle the sludge on an industrial scale One single-use plastic bag takes at least 450 years to degrade. Give Miranda Wang...

John Dulac The past decade has seen major changes across the energy sector, from the emergence of solar PV or shale oil and gas to electric vehicles and high-efficiency lighting. But one sector has seen very...

Humanity has a problem: we are living longer. Between 2000 and 2015, global average life expectancy increased by five years, to 71.4. This is the fastest pace since the 1960s, according to the World Health Organisation...

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the site from which it reached down to drill into a rock target called “Buckskin” on lower Mount Sharp. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Curiosity rover...

The Net Power natural gas power plant, in La Porte, Texas Back in April of 2016, construction for an exciting new technology was just getting underway: the Net Power natural gas power plant. It promised to capture its...

The city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands will be the testing ground for the first ever set of 3D-printed concrete homes. According to The Guardian, the builders hope to present a much lower-cost alternative to current building workflows....